Bread pan



June 9, 1925. 1,541,634

E. B. FLETCHER BREAD PAN Filed Dec. 18, 1924 INVENTCIR- Patented June 9, 1925.

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ERNEST-B. FLETCHER, TORONTO, ONTARIO; CANADA, ASSIGNOR T0 FLETCHER MANUFACTURING. (30.. LITLIITED, OF TOR-ONTO, CANADA.

BREAD PAN.

Application filed December 18, 1924. Serial No. 756,761.

To all wlzom'it may concern.

Be it known that I, ERNEST B. FLETCHER,

of the city of Toronto, in the county o'fi York, Province of Ontario, Canada, a. subject of the King ofG rea-t Britain, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bread Fans, of which the following is a specification.-

This invention relates particularly to bread pans of which a plurality are con nected to straps or frames by means of brackets, and my object is to provide means for strengthening and stiffening these ln'ackets and for rigidly connecting them to the pans. a

I attain'my objects bym'eans oh the con st-ructions hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which I Fig: 1 is an end-view'ot a pair ofpans showing my improved bracket attached thereto andready to receive t he framemember;

Fig, 2 a plan view of the underside of the same; i

Fig. 3 a cross section on the line 3+3 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 a plan View of the bracket;

Fig. 5 an end elevation of the same; and

Fig. 6 a side elevation of the same.

In the drawings like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures.

The bread pans 1 are provided with beaded ends 2 and beaded sides 3, which are formed by providing each pan with a wire 4L over which the edges of its ends and sides are rolled.

Heretofore a plurality of these pans have been secured together by means of brackets 5 secured to adljacent sides of adjacent pans, at opposite ends thereof, and by pan connecting straps 6 secured at- 7 to the remote sides or the end pans and at 11 to the brackets. These straps extend along the opposite ends of the pans.

The brackets are provided with longitudinal flanges 8 adapted to be secured in the wired sides 3 of adjacent pans. This is accomplished by passing the flanges 8 between the wires and the rolled edges of the sides o1 the adjacent pans so that the flanges are rolled round the wires, see Fig. 1. The brackets are provided with grooves forming ribs 9 adapted to receive portions of the beadedsides3 and to strengthenthe brackets. Each-bracket has-a depending portion.

l0'formedi thereon and adaptedto lie'against; and be rireted at 11$ to the strap 6.

1V ith the above arrangement. the panshave too much side sway relative to one another due to the weak construction of the brackets.

InFigs. 4L, 5and'6is shown myv improveda bracket. which is provided with: ti1e=hereinbef'ore mentioned flanges-8 ribs 9 and adepending portion 10. Tostifien the latter: I form one or more ribs- 12 therein; These I brackets are formed of sheet metal-stamped to=shape andbent to form theiportions 10.

The ribs 12 are formed by eX-tendingthe ribs 9 past the. bendinithe bracket so.- that the ribs will also be formed in the. portion 10. The portion 10 of each bracket: isalso provided withextensions-or tabs 13 adapted to be rolled-.inthe wired-ends 2 of adjacent pansin. a similar manner tothe' rolling in of theflanges 8. These tabs are-formed by slitting the=flanges 8 adj acentithe bendin the brackets as indicated at 15. To further stiffen the device the metal of the brackets is displaced at 14 to fit into indentations formed in the beaded sides 3. This is ac complished by punching the brackets at the back of the grooves after the flanges and tabs are secured in position.

The method of securing together a plurality of pans 1 is as follows. The tabs 13 and flanges S of the brackets are inserted between the wires 4 and the rolled edges at adjacent corners of a pair of pans and then the bracket is driven or pressed until the flanges and tabs are rolled round the wires. Any number of pans 'may thus be secured together and it will bereadily seen that the tabs 13 will prevent lateral movement of one pan relative to the other and that the ribs 12 will greatly strengthen the portions 10 which are secured by the rivets 11 to the pan connecting straps 6. These straps are then secured to the pans at the ends thereof and the metal of the brackets displaced at 14 as hereinbefore described.

Vhat I claim is 1. The combination with a pan having wired edges formed on its sides and ends, of a bracket having flanges rolled into the said wired edges along the adjacent sides of two adjacent pans and provided with tabs rolled into the said wired edges on the ends of the adjacent pans.

2. A bracket having a pair of spaced flanges, each flange being adapted to be rolled into a wired edge of a pan and having a depending portion adapted to be connected to a pan connectingstrap, the said portion having a strengthening rib stamped therein.

3. A bracket having a pair of spaced grooves and flanges tangential to the walls of the said grooves, each of the latter be ing adapted to be rolled into a wired edge of a pan; a depending portion for connection with a pan connecting strap formed on the bracket; and stiffening ribs formed in the depending portion by extending the said grooves into the depending portion.

4. A bracket having a pair 01 spaced flanges, each flange being adapted to be rolled into a Wired edge of one side of a rectangular pan and having tabs, each tab being adapted to be rolled into a wired edge on another side or the said pan.

5. A bracket having a pair of spaced flanges, each flange being adapted to be rolled into a wired edge of one side of a rectangular pan and having a depending portion for connection with a pan connecting strap; and tabs formed on the depending portion, each tab being adapted to be rolled into a wired edge of a side oi the said pan adjacent to the first mentioned side.

6. A bracket adapted to be secured to adjacent sides of a pair of pans and having longitudinal stiflening ribs formed therein, the bracket being bent to form a depending portion adapted to be secured to a pan connecting strap; and strengthening ribs formed in the depending portion by extending the. first mentioned ribs past the bend in the bracket.

7. A bracket having a pair of spaced grooves and flanges tangential to the walls or the said grooves, each of the latter being adapted to be rolled into a wired edge of a pan; a depending portion formed on the bracket for connection with a pan connecting strap; and stiffening ribs formed in the depending portion by extending the said grooves into the depending portion, the depending portion being formed by bending the bracket intermediate its ends and being provided with tabs formed by slitting the flanges adjacent the said bend, the tabs being adapted to be rolled into another wired edge of a pan. 7

8. The combination with a plurality of pans having wired sides and ends; and pan connecting straps secured to the end pans and extending past the ends of the other pans, of brackets having flanges rolled into the adjacent wired sides of the pans and provided with depending portions secured to the said straps, the depending port-ions being provided with tabs rolled into the wired ends of adjacent pans.

Signed at Toronto this 27th day of November 199A.

ERNEST B. FLETCHER. 

